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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
A student walks 3 blocks south, 4 blocks west, and 3 blocks north. What is the displacement of the
student?
4 blocks east
4 blocks west
10 blocks west
10 blocks east
What is the average speed of an object that travels 6.00 meters north in 2.00 seconds and then travels 3.00 meters east in 1.00 second?
9.00 m/s
4.24 m/s
3.00 m/s
0.333 m/s
If an object is traveling north with a decreasing speed, the direction of the object's acceleration is
west
north
south
east
The speedometer in a car does not measure the car’s velocity because velocity is a
vector quantity and has a direction associated with it
vector quantity and does not have a direction associated with it
scalar quantity and has a direction associated with it
scalar quantity and does not have a direction associated with it
Velocity is to speed as displacement is to
acceleration
mass
time
distance
A toy car moves 8 m in 4 s at the constant velocity. What is the car’s velocity?
1 m/s
2 m/s
3 m/s
4 m/s
A train moves at a constant velocity of 50 km/h. How far will it move in 0.5 h?
10 km
20 km
25 km
45 km
A boat can move at a constant velocity of 8 km/h in still water. How long will it take for the boat to move 24 km?
2 h
3 h
4 h
6 h
Which of the following is a vector quantity?
time
velocity
speed
distance
A car at accelerates from 0 m/s to 25 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the average acceleration of the car?
30 m/s2
50 m/s2
125 m/s2
5 m/s2
What is the unit of measurement used in physics for speed?
seconds
seconds per meter
meters
meters per second
Velocity is a vector measurement because it has both a magnitude and a ________.
Time
Distance
Direction
Temperature
If a person runs 100 meters in 10 seconds, what is their average speed?
1 m/s
2 m/s
5 m/s
10 m/s
The velocity of a plane is 500 miles per hour west. What is the speed of the plane?
West
500 miles per hour
250 miles per hour
500 miles per hour west
500 miles per hour east
Which one of the following quantities is NOT a vector?
10 mi/hr, east
10 mi/hr/sec, west
35 m/s, north
20 m/s
Which one of the following quantities is NOT a speed?
10 mi/hr
10 mi/hr/sec
35 m/s
20 m/s
How far would you travel moving at 12 m/s for 3.00 minutes?
36.0 m
2160 m
40.0 m
36.0 miles
Find the distance a hiker walks if he travels 3.50 mi north, and then turns around and walks 3.00 mi south.
0.50 mi
3.00 mi
1.50 mi
6.50 mi
Find the displacement for a hiker who walks 3.50 mi north, and then turns around and walks 3.00 mi south.
0.50 mi
6.50 mi
0.50 mi north
6.50 mi north
Determine the displacement for a car that travels 25 mi east and 25 mi north.
50 mi northeast
35 mi northeast
50 mi north
35 mi east
